12-05-2013, 04:33 PM
[quote flygoddess]Nice rods and reels.
I cringe when I see them NEEDLESSLY used on Trout.
It doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to see that can be damaging. I used them one trip on Carp and I was literally ripping their mouths to shreds. I know they are just Carp, but if it does it to them it does it to all fish.
Add to that, the users usually pick the fish up with them letting them dangle. I could understand cradling them with the other hand, but letting them hang from their jaw is going to up the mortality big time. Bigger the fish, worse damage displacing all the organs.
You plan on keeping every fish you use them on, then by all means, go for it.[/quote]
ha those would be some monster rods for trout! I typically use a 2wt or a 4wt for them. Unless we are talking steelhead...then I move up to an 8wt.
Yea it seems that the tool still requires responsibility. As I suppose angling in general does.
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I cringe when I see them NEEDLESSLY used on Trout.
It doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to see that can be damaging. I used them one trip on Carp and I was literally ripping their mouths to shreds. I know they are just Carp, but if it does it to them it does it to all fish.
Add to that, the users usually pick the fish up with them letting them dangle. I could understand cradling them with the other hand, but letting them hang from their jaw is going to up the mortality big time. Bigger the fish, worse damage displacing all the organs.
You plan on keeping every fish you use them on, then by all means, go for it.[/quote]
ha those would be some monster rods for trout! I typically use a 2wt or a 4wt for them. Unless we are talking steelhead...then I move up to an 8wt.
Yea it seems that the tool still requires responsibility. As I suppose angling in general does.
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